I happened to come across a recent MSNBC TV program regarding some
> newsmakers. As part of that, I saw an item on Scott Peterson
> (convicted of murder of pregnant wife, Laci, in California). So there
> was the part about having Amber Frey as a mistress, and Scott
> P. claimed to be calling her from Europe and supposedly gave a
> telephone number which Amber found to be in Modesto, California. Does
> anyone else recall the program I am writing about?
Frankly, I have no idea why this case made national news. I can understand it being local news, but not national and definitely dragged through cable news channels ad nauseum.
Anyway, to find the town associated with a given area code and exchange, call your long distance operator or Information. This used to be free, but now they may charge you a $1.00 or so fee. There may be websites to do this, but they might not be accurate.